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  • Sports Italy Knocks out Japan 4-3 in Confed cup

    Balotelli 's penalty made it 3-2. Japan equalised through Shinji Okazaki and also hit the woodwork, before Sebastian Giovinco sealed it for Italy. Alberto Zaccheroni's Japan side could be justified in feeling the result in Recife was harsh on them. Having surrendered a two-goal lead, then recovered from going behind to bring the scores level again after 69 minutes, they saw Okazaki and ...

  • Recount of Lamu West Votes Begins in Malindi

    The High Court in Malindi yesterday began scrutinising and recounting votes for 11 polling stations in Lamu West constituency following an application filed by Rishad Amana. Justice Luke Kimaru ordered the scrutiny and recount on the polling stations that had results declared which were different from those the agents of the petitioner had. The exercise began in the morning under the ...

  • Kenya Past Winner to Contest the 2013 Total Quartz Economy Run

    Mike Anderson--a past winner of the Total Quartz Economy Run--is among the competitors who will contest this year's event scheduled for Saturday. He will be driving a 1984 made Alfetta GTV6 over the 84km route. Instead of the two litre 155 which previously steered him to victory, Anderson's choice of using his immensely powerful three litre sports racing coupe for Saturday's ...

  • Mum Abandons Children in Fire

    A house fire in Nyandarua killed three children on Sunday night. The children were asleep in their house at Ol jororok village. Nyandarua police boss Benjamin Osongo said they were burned beyond recognition. He said the 12, seven and one year old children's their mother and grandfather were in the house when the incident occurred. "The mother woke up when the fire broke out and left ...

  • Plea Over Loss of School Books

    THE government should regulate sale of second hand books to stump out stealing of books in schools.Peter Magawe, the Migori Boys' High School deputy principal said yesterday that traders use students and teachers to steal school books. "We can ascertain that over 80 per cent of books sold by second hand dealers are stolen from school," he said. Magawe said that the school is ...

Movie Review

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

As a Southern-fried tale of teary mother-daughter redemption, Callie Khouri's Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood strikes a few resounding notes of truth. Unfortunately, those notes of truth, however moving, are otherwise submerged in a generally hackneyed comedic melodrama full of eccentric caricatures and forced plot devices that make you want to roll your eyes. ...

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  • Disputed Spouses Shares in Limited Liability Companies

    Section 17 of The Married Women's Property Act 17 provides that any question between husband and wife as to the title to or possession of property, either party may apply to any judge of the High Court, and the judge may make such order with respect to the property in dispute. It is worth noting that this Act is available for both husband or the wife; the statute is as such in keeping with ...

  • Kiswahili Is Not Easy - Author

    MANY students from the coast region fail to perform well in Kiswahili because of the misconception that it is an easy subject, Juma Namlola, a Kiswahili veteran author has said. Speaking to the press during a Mombasa workshop that brought together high school Kiswahili teacher from across the country, Namlola said students need to embrace the subject like other subjects. He said 140 million ...

  • ICC Excuses Ruto From Some Hague Sessions

    DEPUTY President William Ruto will be allowed to skip some sessions of his trial at the International Criminal Court. The trial judges yesterday ruled that Ruto does not have to be physically present in court except on nine instances. Ruto will have to be present for the entire opening and closing statements of all parties and participants, and when victims present their views in person during ...

  • Anti-Terror Police Accused of Cold Murder

    ANTI terrorism police officers have been accused of killing terror suspect Salim Mohammed in cold blood at 3am on Monday. An eye witness who witnessed the incident said Salim was dragged from a public service matatu, bundled into an unregistered silver saloon car and taken to his house where he was murdered. "He had just boarded a matatu heading to town from Kiembeni when five plain ...

  • Kenya Rent Dont Buy Office for Former Presidents

    YESTERDAY MPs shot down government plans to purchase an office for former President Mwai Kibaki at a cost of Sh700 million. An ex-president enjoys many benefits including a golden handshake of one year's salary for each term; a monthly pension of 80 percent of the current President's salary; an entertainment allowance of Sh200,000 per month; a housing allowance of Sh300,000 per month; ...

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